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Pachyphyllum

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Phillipsastreidae

Taxonomy
Pachyphyllum was named by Milne-Edwards and Haime (1850). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Phacellophyllinae by Hill (1956); and to Phillipsastreidae by McLean (1994).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Pachyphyllum Milne-Edwards and Haime
1956Pachyphyllum Hill
1994Pachyphyllum McLean

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
subclassRugosa(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
RankNameAuthor
orderStauriidaVerrill 1865
suborderColumnariinaRominger 1876
familyPhillipsastreidaeHill 1954
genusPachyphyllumMilne-Edwards and Haime 1850

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Pachyphyllum Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850
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Pachyphyllum dumonti Sorauf 1998
Pachyphyllum woodmani Hall and Whitfield 1864
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calciteo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-27 16:55:09
Modified: 2004-02-28 16:53:57
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Givetian to the top of the Late/Upper Frasnian or 387.95000 to 372.15000 Ma

Collections (22 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Givetian387.95 - 385.9Belgium (Namur) P. stellimicans (70369)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15Canada (Alberta) P. miniaceum (40282 83799)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15Russian Federation (Kemerovskaya Oblast) P. sp. (84371)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15Russian Federation (Novosibirskaya Oblast) P. sp. (84372)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15USA (Nevada) P. sp. (7117)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15Canada (British Colombia-Alberta) P. mirusense (40286)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15USA (Iowa) P. crassicostatum, P. dumonti (40290) P. gregarium (83953) P. gregarium, P. websteri (83952) P. minutissimum (83955) P. websteri (83954) P. woodmani (3403 3405)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15Canada (British Columbia-Alberta) P. anfractum (40283)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15Canada (British Columbia) P. mirusense (83779 83783)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15USA (New York) P. crassicostatum, P. woodmani (6254)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15Canada (Northwest Territories) P. sp. (40144)
Late/Upper Devonian382.31 - 358.86USA (Iowa) P. sp. (666)
Late/Upper Frasnian375.2 - 372.15Russian Federation (Kemerovskaya Oblast) P. ibergense (84378)
Late/Upper Frasnian375.2 - 372.15Russian Federation (Novosibirskaya Oblast) P. ibergense (84381)